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Tyson's infamous life story has already been told through an HBO biopic – which introduced Michael Jai White to the world – and James Toback’s acclaimed 2008 documentary. But a big screen feature film version has yet to fully materialize.

The Brownsville, Brooklyn, native dived deeply into his life story in the 2012 one-man show, the raw and revealing “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” which played at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre and was directed by Spike Lee.

Of the two-week production “Daily News” theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz wrote: “Like his life, the show is entertaining, fascinating and messy. At the center of it all is a 46-year-old from Brooklyn with enough triumphs and tribulations to fuel a few memoirs.”

In 2013, HBO brought the production, scripted by Tyson’s wife Kiki Tyson, to the small screen.

Foxx has been talking about portraying Tyson for years. Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter were reportedly attached, too.

In 2005, Foxx won a string of awards including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Image Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of late, great music icon Ray Charles in the Universal Pictures release “Ray.”